Epilogue

Some people say good days are just a coincidence, but for Ash and his Pokemon, today was their day.

After helping Nigel free every last Dark and Shadow Pokemon and leaving him to return them to their owners, Ho-oh was surprisingly understanding and even agreed to help Nigel find the Pokemon's owners. Later Ho-oh told Ash that the reason she wanted to help Nigel was because she had seen a similar evil before in the king of Pokelantis and was willing to help because at that time she had no choice but to imprison the king of Pokelantis forever. (Check the episode where Ash encounters the king of Pokelantis)

This brings us to the little town of Altomare. Ash, his Pokemon, and his friends Misty and Brock were staying there to take a little break until the Silver Conference could be restarted. Plus, it allowed Latios and Latias to visit with Bianca and Lorenzo who they hadn't seen since they had left with Ash to go earn the Rising Badge.

"Too bad Professor Oak and Professor Birch couldn't make it," commented Misty.

"Oh well, they're probably having the time of their lives publishing all the discoveries they made," said Ash.

"They won't mention finding Jirachi, I hope," said Latios, "I wouldn't like it if tons of people crowded in his cave, hoping to get a wish,"

"Don't worry," said Brock, "even if they do say something, I doubt anyone will be able to get past all those riddles,"

The group laughed, trying to imagine someone solving the riddles or even finding the cave without the special circumstances they had been in.

"Sounds like you guys sure had a lot of fun," said Lorenzo,

"I wouldn't call it fun," said Ash, "just..."

"Exciting?" suggested Latias.

"Yeah that," said Ash, "Guess you can put this one on the list now Pikachu,"

"Already did," replied Pikachu, "Two tally marks on the 'legendaries saved' list, one tally mark on the 'saved the world' list, one tally mark on the 'saved a life' list, one tally mark on the 'evil teams thwarted' list, one tally mark on the 'almost died' list, and two tally marks on the new 'legendaries caught' list."

All of Ash's Pokemon promptly broke into laughter after Pikachu had finished.

"What are they laughing about?" asked Bianca.

"Oh it's nothing," said Ash, "Pikachu keeps a list of all the crazy things we've done, and I think we just hit a new record for things added in one go,"

"You probably wouldn't believe some of the things we've been through," said Brock.

"This was sort of out of the ordinary, or at least for us," said Misty, "I didn't expect to see a Latios or Latias until we got to Hoenn at least,"

"Why don't you tell some of those stories then?" asked Lorenzo, "we've got all day, after all,"

"Yeah, we could swap stories!" said Latias, "Latios and I haven't heard about many of your adventures either since we've been so busy lately,"

"I don't see why not," said Ash, "but where should we start?"

"How about your first day as a trainer?" suggested Brock, "Fighting hundreds of Spearow with a Pikachu you just got is pretty exciting,"

"Can't we just skip that one?" asked Ash, "It was pretty embarrassing,"

"Oh no you don't," said Pikachu, "we are sharing every last detail,"

"Including the part where you made me drag you by a clothesline?" asked Ash.

"That was not my fault," said Pikachu, "you wouldn't listen to me,"

"I don't know if you noticed, but I didn't speak Pikachu back then," countered Ash.

"I was making it obvious," said Pikachu, "but you couldn't even catch a Pidgey! How were you supposed to understand me,"

"Exactly," said Ash, "hey wait a minute!"

The rest of the group laughed as Ash and Pikachu continued their mock argument. Though the debate over whether it was Ash or Pikachu who let the Pidgey get away remained unsettled, one thing was for sure; it was good to be back together. Together, as a not-so-normal, but always loving, family.

The End

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